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Friday, 18 October 2019

Greek and Turkish navies in the Mediterranean according to the Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 1 February 1826

Frankfurt, 27 January. The newspaper le Spectateur-Oriental of Smyrna published a small item dated Constantinople 10 December 1825. According to this item arrived yesterday 8 Tartars with the tiding that the Greek fleet attacked using 15 fire ships the Turkish fleet off Missolunghi, but completely failed. Some Greek vessels were captured and others shot down. The Captain Pasha was pursuing the Greek vanguard.